REMARKS BY EDMUND W. LITTLEFIELD 50TH CLASS REUNION - STANFORD UNIVERSITY May 9, 1986 Good Evening, fellow classmates and their dates, and welcome to this Fiftieth Reunion of the Stanford Class of 1936. For those of you who for some strange reason do not recognize me instantly from my photograph in the Stanford '36er or whose memories no longer provide instant recall of names and faces, permit me to introduce myself. I am Ed Littlefield and I am here at the microphone for three reasons. First, because Woody Adam's health prevented him from functioning in his traditional role as Class President. Second, the Vice President, Edith Hind Reed pled that she was still shaking from the speech she was required to make at the time of our graduation. Third, I was absent from the meeting of our Reunion Committee when all this news became know and the choice of a substitute was made. I read now from the Minutes of the Class of '36 Reunion Committee for its meeting held December 16, 1985. "Ed Littlefield will give the keynote speech with Bill Lowe as MC. Alf Brandin will host Ed and others at the Bohemian Club to give him information from the history article as well as questionaire results." With Brandin buying it is no surprise that the event never took place. I couldn't get Alf to buy my lunch even in the days when I approved his expense accounts. Without the information from the history, the questionaire results, or the free lunch I convinced Bill Lowe that we could do without a keynote speech and that he should honor his original invitation to me and let me serve only as Master of Ceremonies. In that role I would now like to call upon Bill Lowe, the Chairman of this Reunion Committee. * * * This is an appropriate moment to express our thanks to Bill Lowe for acting as our Reunion Chairman. He has worked unstintingly for the cause except for two days off last week when he had to get a new battery for his pacemaker. Bill, many thanks. Brigitte Bardot once said: "It's sad to grow old but nice to ripen." None of us has really grown old but there is some evidence of ripening. Recently Alf Brandin, "Horse" Reynolds, Bill Corbus, and Al Hershey were observed in deep discussion but football was never mentioned. They were busy comparing the relative merits of their hearing aids. In a world that has too many talkers, it's a wonderful thing to find people who still want to listen. 1.